Choose the correct option to fill in the blank:
After the operation, the doctor told Ravi’s mother to take ______ rest at home.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → two weeks’
Possessive with a time word:
- Words of time can take the possessive form, just like names of people. “Two weeks’ rest” means rest for two weeks.
- “Two” makes “weeks” plural. A plural noun that ends in -s takes only an apostrophe after the s. So the correct form is weeks’.
- “Week’s” would mean one week, but here there are two.
- Complete sentence: After the operation, the doctor told Ravi’s mother to take two weeks’ rest at home.